The type-4 pilus is the major virulence-associated adhesin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa - A review

Gene

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-108

  Hahn, Heinz P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adherence factor; Binding domain; Disulfide loop region; Glycosphingolipids; Mouse model; Mucosal epithelia; Pathogenesis; Pilin prototypes

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CERAMIDE TRIHEXOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; GANGLIOSIDE GM2; GANGLIOTETRAOSYLCERAMIDE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; LACTOSYLCERAMIDE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BETA CHAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISULFIDE BOND; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DISULFIDES; EPITHELIUM; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031000174     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00116-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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